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 : A Night In a London workhouse


A Night In a London workhouse

An illustration inspired by journalist James Greenwood's undercover expose in 1866 of conditions in the tramps ward of the Lambeth workhouse

Picture No
13995383
Media ID
47824031
Size
2451px x 3000px (2.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans/Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
Printed illustration, autographed Castelli, from an Italian journal
Date
1866

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1866 Expose Inspired Lambeth Tramps Undercover


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TS Wellesley, North Shields, Northumberland
Waifs and Strays Society's Home, Frome, Somerset
Union Workhouse, Whitchurch, Shropshire
Wangford Union workhouse, Shipmeadow, Suffolk
Wangford Union workhouse, Shipmeadow, Suffolk
Wangford Union workhouse, Shipmeadow, Suffolk
Stow Union workhouse, Onehouse, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Samford Union workhouse, Tattingstone, Suffolk
Samford Union workhouse, Tattingstone, Suffolk
Amberfield School, Nacton, Suffolk
Bury St Edmunds Union workhouse, Suffolk
Blything Union workhouse, Bulcamp, Suffolk
Blything Union workhouse, Bulcamp, Suffolk
Blything Union workhouse, Bulcamp, Suffolk
Hull Prison, Yorkshire
Preston Prison, Lancashire
Littledean Prison, Gloucestershire
Gaol Cottages, Ilchester, Somerset
TS Wellesley, North Shields, Northumberland Green's Home
TS Wellesley, North Shields, Northumberland Green's Home
TS Wellesley, North Shields, Northumberland Football Team
Field gun firing at TS Wellesley, North Shields
TS Wellesley, North Shields, Northumberland Field Battalion
TS Wellesley, North Shields, Northumberland Ambulance Drill
Training Ship Clio, Bangor, North Wales
Waifs and Strays Society's Home, Frome, Somerset
Waifs and Strays Society's Home, Frome, Somerset



 
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